Metal detectors and our children

In my Sunday column, I will make an argument for taking metal detectors out of Milwaukee Public Schools. My reasons: I think they give students, parents and school officials a false since of security; they do little to keep schools safe; and I worry about the psychological impact these safety measures are having on our children.

Remember in the movie "Lean On Me," when Joe Clark said if you treat the children like animals that is exactly how they will behave? I believe that.

Thousands of students in Milwaukee Public Schools go through metal detectors everyday before they even go to their homerooms. My old high school - Marshall - even uses metal detectors.

Strong school leadership and having adults in the school who students can trust is the best way to keep schools safe. We have to break this school to prison pipeline and one way to start is to stop treating our kids like suspects.

What is your take on metal detectors. Do you think they keep our schools safe?